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The project "ESFZ Student Research Camps for all kids of Durban" aims to establish the concept of the Erlangen Student Research Center and especially that of the research camps at the Erlangen Student Research Center at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa, and thus to rede...

Dr. Thomas Dauser from Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory and Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) at FAU has received this year’s Innovation Award from the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) together with Javier Garcia (NASA Goddard Space Flight...

In 2024, PLANCKS was organized in its 11th edition by the University of Dublin and the Institute of Physics. 49 teams from 25 countries qualified for the final round in national preliminary rounds. In this highly competitive environment, FAU student Titus Bornträger and his team consisting of Finnle...

On April 26, 2024, our graduates and doctoral candidates from the previous academic year will be bid farewell at a ceremony. In addition, the Ohm Awards of the Department of Physics for the promotion of young scientists for outstanding theses will be presented. This year's keynote speech "Auf Ent...

Johannes Bartl investigates the behavior of emperor penguins Johannes Bartl is a physics doctoral student at FAU and a member of a team that uses high-resolution cameras to study emperor penguins and their behavior. Their habitat is under severe threat due to climate change: if the ice at the South...

Physicists at MPL and FAU develop novel concept for detecting chiral molecules In contrast to conventional mirrors, light can be reflected on surfaces known as meta surfaces without changing its polarization. This has now been proven by physicists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnber...

In science, the exchange of ideas and resources between researchers from different disciplines forms the foundation for progress and innovation. Cooperation not only increases efficiency, but also promotes new findings. This is why the FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies (LMQ) suppor...

Eileen Schneider, PhD-Student at the Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik of Prof. Janina Maultzsch, has been awarded the 2023 grant of the Dr. Isolde-Dietrich-Stiftung. The grant consists of the Phd-Student position and additional research funding for the next 4 years. The Dr. Isolde-Dietrich-Stiftu...

Under the title "Magnets, spins and resonances - how did Santa get in and out of the MRI scanner?", an interdisciplinary working group of researchers from the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and the Department of Physics will take you on a journey of discovery into the human body at this year's Depart...

The German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ) and ZEISS have honored Professor Dr. Jochen Guck with the Carl Zeiss Lecture 2023. This award recognizes internationally outstanding achievements in cell biology and microscopy methods that are groundbreaking for research into cell biology issues. Guck is Pr...